Precursors, a.k.a. "Ancients", "Elders" or "Old Ones", are a standard of Science Fiction (especially Space Opera), Fantasy and occasionally Horror: an … Abusive Precursors · Recursive Precursors · Neglectful Precursors

The Abusive Precursors cause problems through more direct acts than their neglectful equivalent, with the clear intent of doing so.

Precursor Killers are the reason why the Precursors aren't around anymore. Typically they are a much more powerful (and evil) group and/or a rogue member or ...

A subtrope of Precursors. If they're neither helpful to the present civilization nor outright evil, they may just be Neglectful Precursors. Examples.

The game is a hybrid of a First-Person Shooter, Role-Playing Game, Stealth-Based Game, Wide-Open Sandbox and space-based Simulation Game.

Recursive Precursors occur when the concept of precursors is applied recursively; such beings served a similar role to precursors as they do to contemporary ...

The Precursors are heavily hinted to having created at least one of the major alien races in the game, namely the Mycon, genetically engineered fungus who were ...

The Adventurer Archaeologist claims that the Neglectful Precursor has left this galaxy and not provided a proper means of child support.

A hero or group of heroes (often oddly similar to your own Player Party) that arose in the hour of need and dealt with the threat 1,000 years ago.

Precursors in Tabletop Games. Atlantis: The Second Age: The world is destined to be dominated by seven different species over its existence.